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Officials say compensating ranchers for preserving their land could be sustainable long-term plan

TOPEKA — A western Kansas conservation deal in the works that earmarks thousands of acres for the lesser prairie chicken could pave the way for future conservation. The lesser prairie

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed on a 50-48 vote a resolution overturning a Biden administration rule that listed a popular Southwestern game bird under a federal endangered …

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed on a 50-48 vote a resolution overturning a Biden administration rule that listed a popular Southwestern game bird under a federal endangered species designation.

Kansas has stunning native prairies, forests, and more! But who owns the land? Keep reading to learn all about the top landowners in Kansas.

The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken.

Listing the lesser prairie-chicken under the ESA would require industries to mitigate any negative impacts they have on the species.

You can still hope to hear wood thrushes singing in Kansas. Shockingly, the wood thrush population nationally fell by 60 per cent between 1970 and 2014, leading Partners in Flight to add this thrush to its Yellow Watch List of declining birds.

It’s clear the Lesser Prairie Chicken needs real solutions, and we ranchers need real solutions, too. What's proposed now won't work.